Zebedee wrote:Incidentally, I reckon it was harder to get a F1RST than a Gold. My experience of the standard for achieving a F1RST was exactly as Oscarmark described it. Hence I undertook extra training to step up from Gold to F1RST. I wouldn't have got a F1RST without it, but then the value in these badges is as a goal that inspires you to take more training. It's the training that's important, not the badge.
How do you know the standard? You may have just scrapped a pass on your Gold and passed First by a country mile!
I heard mention of a marking matrix but if your marked out of 4 or 5 then the difference is 20-25%
So you could get a 3 out of 4 which could be 51% or 74% in that particular area.. That's a massive difference.
The other point is IAM and RospA are both an organisation that YOU pay so it's in their interests to pass you, set on their own standard, which they set and no one else checks.
Take the Police for example, a student passes and a few weeks/months later has a massive incident. The IPCC would be coming back to the instructor who would be held accountable for passing that student and would need to justify the pass. If the instructor said, "he had a good drive on the day" I don't think that would suffice!
Who are the IAM and RospA accountable to?